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11/12/2008
Latin American Science Initiative Puts Tropical Rainforest Diversity Online (EurekAlert!)
( Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ) The second annual meeting of the Latin American Plant Initiative will be hosted by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Darwinion Institute from Nov. 17-21 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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11/02/2008
Revisiting John Muir's legacy (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Passion for Nature The Life of John Muir By Donald Worster Oxford University Press; 535 pages; $34.95 Nature's Beloved Son Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy By Bonnie J. Gisel with images by Stephen J. Joseph Heyday Books; 247 pages; $45 John Muir...
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10/28/2008
Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy (Scientific American)
Stephen Joseph's stunning images present, for the very first time, a recreation of John Muir's herbaria. Here are plants collected over a century ago by the naturalist considered by many to be America's first environmentalist. Muir was blessed early on with a love and aptitude for botany, a study that helped him become one of the most influential field scientists in the world. Botany was for ...
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10/29/2008
ARTS & CULTURE (East Bay Express)
Adults don hooves, tails, and other equine accessories and demand to be swatted with crops and ridden for many reasons, writes Emeryville author Rebecca Wilcox in The Human Pony , a manual on grooming, hitching, and harnessing "pony players," who are depicted prancing, heads bound in leather-and-metal bridles, bits clenched between their teeth, muscles straining as, nearly nude, they haul carts ...
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10/27/2008
Wildflower declines in Thoreau's Concord woods are due to climate changes (EurekAlert!)
( Boston University ) Researchers at Boston University and Harvard University found rapid changes in temperatue have led to changes in the timing of seasonal activities , such as flowering in a significant number of species in Concord, Mass. These latest are based on initial studies of 473 species by Henry David Thoreau.
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| Fowler Herbarium - Collection of pressed plant specimens at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, open to the public. Profile of collection, plus a searchable database and related publications.George Safford Torrey Herbarium - Searchable index of plants, plus information on the institution, which was started in 1915 and is located on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs.Herbarium (RNG), The University of Reading, UK. - An institution in which can be found both teaching and research opportunities. The Herbarium of the University is part of the School of Plant Sciences.Michigan State University Herbarium - Descriptions of the over 530,000 specimens, hours, and loan/exchange policies. Located in East Lansing.National Herbarium Nederland - Information about the research themes and training undertaken at the national herbarium of the Netherlands, with links to the three contributary universities.National Herbarium of Trinidad and Tobago - Collection of scientific plant specimens, and some of the history behind one of the oldest Herbaria in the New World.Oregon State University Herbarium - The OSU Herbarium is a large collection of Oregon and Pacific Northwest plants. Provides links to the specimen database, type specimen images and literature, and the Oregon Flora Project.Rocky Mountain Herbarium - Facility of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, featuring the largest collection of plant specimens native to the Rocky Mountain area. Information about visiting, collections, and floristic research.Thomas M. Pullen Herbarium - Collection of specimens from the southeastern U.S. at University of Mississippi, covering vascular plants, slime molds, bryophytes, and lichens. Searchable database of holdings.University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) - The herbarium and the associated paleobotanical collection have combined holdings of approximately 1/2 million specimens. Includes library search, catalog, and project information.University of Tennessee Herbarium - Databases of fungi, bryophytes, and vascular plants in the collection, located in Knoxville.Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium - Housed on the campus in Logan, the herbarium holds collections of plants and fungi, with a particular emphasis on grasses. Information about holdings, projects, identification resources, and education.Wisconsin State Herbarium - A museum collection of dried, labeled plants of state, national and international importance, which is used extensively for taxonomic and ecological research, as well as for teaching and public service. It contains the world's largest collection of Wisconsin plants, about one-third of its 1,000,000 specimens having been collected within the state.
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